Inventor Sheet Metal Export Flat Part

Create a flat pattern from a sheet metal model.

Inventor sheet metal export flat part.

Export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model to sat dwg or dxf file types. Optionally create a flat pattern. Before you create the flat pattern you can define the a side or select a face to unfold from. Use the browser context menu to export a flat pattern of a sheet metal model.

By clint brown i ve written a bit of ilogic code that will export out a dxf file from a sheet metal model. In the browser right click the icon for the flat pattern and then click save copy as. With inventor export face as is available while working on the flat pattern of a sheet metal part to export the entire flat pattern when the creation of a polyline is required. Besides just exporting the flat patterns the application will also insert part number material thickness and quantity properties for each flat pattern dxf file or include it in the file name.

The a side specifies the up direction of the part. The code checks whether a flat pattern exists in the part if one is present it goes to the flat pattern exports the dxf to the predetermined file location and then returns the part back to it s folded state. Right click the flat pattern icon in the browser. The a side is defined and a browser entry is created when you create the flat pattern.

Browse to the folder where you want to save the part and in file name enter a name. The autodesk inventor software provides functionality that simplifies the creation editing and documentation of digital prototypes of sheet metal components a sheet metal part is often thought of as a part fabricated from a sheet of uniformly thick material. With a single body sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tab flat pattern panel click create flat pattern. With a sheet metal part open on the ribbon click sheet metal tabflat pattern panel define a side.

Start with an existing flat pattern. Click the face that defines the up or punch direction. However in autodesk inventor you can utilize the sheet metal commands on any. You must already have a flat pattern of your part created.

In the sheet metal environment export face as is available for both the flat pattern and the folded part. Choose save copy as. A selected face unfolds the part using the selected face as the base face. Export sheet metal flat pattern parts of an assembly to dxf in one go.